More time off is scheduled to be available this holiday season as 58% of employers are providing at least three paid days off, a jump from 42% from 2011-2012 and 36% in 2010-2011, according to a survey by Bloomberg BNA.

Another 51% of respondents report making Christmas Eve Day a paid day off. For the manufacturing industry, 85% of respondents are offering at least three paid days off during the holiday season while 52% of respondents from nonmanufacturing companies and 51% of respondents from nonbusiness organizations also plan to do so.

Among the respondents with fewer than 1,000 employees, 65% are giving employees three or more paid days off, but only 48% of respondents from larger organizations are offering that same time off. Roughly four out of 10 respondents say at least a few employees must work Dec. 25, Jan. 1 or both. Thirty-four percent of respondents expect to schedule Christmas work shifts, and 38% of respondents plan on employees working New Year's Day.